The Other Borglum LbNA #73393
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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear
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| Plant date: | Sep 1, 2018 |
| Location: | San Antonio Cemetery Number 1 |
| City: | San Antonio |
| County: | Bexar |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | LaEtoile |
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| Last found: | Dec 28, 2025 |
| Status: | FFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 9, 2018 |
Difficulty: Easy
Distance to Letterbox: 10 yards
Named after his father's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln, and called by his middle name, Lincoln Borglum was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife, Mary Montgomery Williams (1874-1955). During his youth, Lincoln accompanied his father to the Black Hills of South Dakota and was present when the site for the Mount Rushmore monument was selected. Although he had originally planned to study engineering at the University of Virginia, Lincoln Borglum began work on the monument in 1933 at the age of 21 as an unpaid pointer. Lincoln Borglum quickly moved into a series of more important jobs: He was put on the payroll in 1934, promoted to assistant sculptor in 1937, and promoted to superintendent in 1938 with an annual salary of $4,800.
Gutzon Borglum had nearly completed the 60-foot heads of the four presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt) when he died [4] on March 6, 1941. Lincoln Borglum had to abandon his father's ambitious plans to carry the work down to include the torsos of the presidents and an entablature due to a lack of funding; he left the monument largely in the state of completion it had reached under his father's direction.
Borglum was appointed Mount Rushmore National Memorial's first superintendent and began serving on October 1, 1941. The work on the monument officially stopped on October 31, 1941. He served in that capacity until May 15, 1944.
Borglum continued to work as a sculptor after leaving Mount Rushmore. He created several religious works for churches in Texas, including the well-known shrine Our Lady of Loreto in Goliad. Borglum also wrote three books, all about the sculpting of Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln Borglum was a member of Battle River Masonic Lodge No. 92 in Hermosa, South Dakota.[5] Like many of the men who worked on the Rushmore project, Borglum's lungs were permanently scarred from breathing in granite dust associated with the blasting. Borglum died in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of 73.
He is buried in this cemetery, but I could not find the headstone on my trip.
Directions:
From downtown, go east on E. Commerce. Turn left on N. Palmetto st, then mid block turn left into cemetery. Go straight, passing 2 intersections, then park on left next to iron gated area for "Smith" family.
To the Letterbox:
Enter the gated area, then go right to corner and tree. Box in middle of it (may be easier to get to walk to back of headstones).
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Distance to Letterbox: 10 yards
Named after his father's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln, and called by his middle name, Lincoln Borglum was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife, Mary Montgomery Williams (1874-1955). During his youth, Lincoln accompanied his father to the Black Hills of South Dakota and was present when the site for the Mount Rushmore monument was selected. Although he had originally planned to study engineering at the University of Virginia, Lincoln Borglum began work on the monument in 1933 at the age of 21 as an unpaid pointer. Lincoln Borglum quickly moved into a series of more important jobs: He was put on the payroll in 1934, promoted to assistant sculptor in 1937, and promoted to superintendent in 1938 with an annual salary of $4,800.
Gutzon Borglum had nearly completed the 60-foot heads of the four presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt) when he died [4] on March 6, 1941. Lincoln Borglum had to abandon his father's ambitious plans to carry the work down to include the torsos of the presidents and an entablature due to a lack of funding; he left the monument largely in the state of completion it had reached under his father's direction.
Borglum was appointed Mount Rushmore National Memorial's first superintendent and began serving on October 1, 1941. The work on the monument officially stopped on October 31, 1941. He served in that capacity until May 15, 1944.
Borglum continued to work as a sculptor after leaving Mount Rushmore. He created several religious works for churches in Texas, including the well-known shrine Our Lady of Loreto in Goliad. Borglum also wrote three books, all about the sculpting of Mount Rushmore.
Lincoln Borglum was a member of Battle River Masonic Lodge No. 92 in Hermosa, South Dakota.[5] Like many of the men who worked on the Rushmore project, Borglum's lungs were permanently scarred from breathing in granite dust associated with the blasting. Borglum died in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of 73.
He is buried in this cemetery, but I could not find the headstone on my trip.
Directions:
From downtown, go east on E. Commerce. Turn left on N. Palmetto st, then mid block turn left into cemetery. Go straight, passing 2 intersections, then park on left next to iron gated area for "Smith" family.
To the Letterbox:
Enter the gated area, then go right to corner and tree. Box in middle of it (may be easier to get to walk to back of headstones).
Hike length: 0.1 miles